Re: Alignment?

["Don Dawson" <motley@smtp.ajaxshuttle.com>]

At 02:41 PM 10/29/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey guys,
>
>My '87 16v has a tendency to wander.  When I am off the gas it tracks
>straight and true, when I hit the gas it pulls to the right.  This is
>particularly noticeable on fairly aggressive starts.  I don't slip the
>clutch from high rpms, but once it is engaged I nail the gas and have to
>fight the wheel.
>
>One friend who is a mechanic says it might be something loose up front that
>won't affect alignment, another says it is torque steer.  Any ideas from
>fellow Scirocco drivers?
>
>Brandon Sommerville
>
>"And then I says, tell me I'm wrong! And she says, I can't baby, 'cause
>you're not!" 
> - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight
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>One thing to check is the rear wheel bearings.  My 87 16v is doing the same
thing and a mechanic at work put it up in the air and we discovered the rear
wheel bearings were loose. Everything else checked out okay. I haven't fixed
it yet becasue it is put away for the winter.

Don Dawson
>

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